On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 00:40 +0800, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 19:17 +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 13:42 +0800, Zhu Yi wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 17:28 +0800, Zhu Yi wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 06:35 +0800, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > > > > > 0x000000000001668e <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+302>: lea 0x38(%r8),%rdi > > > > > 0x0000000000016692 <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+306>: lea 0x4f(%r8),%rax > > > > > > > > When this happened, from your previous post, r8 is 0x0 and rdi is 0x38. > > > > Since "info" is %rdi (see below), this means > > > > txq->txb[txq->q.read_ptr].skb[0], aka. r8 is 0. > > > > > > > > > rate_idx = iwl3945_hwrate_to_plcp_idx(tx_resp->rate); > > > > > > > > > > 0x0000000000016696 <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+310>: movb $0x0,0x9(%rdi) <---------- RIP > > > > > 0x000000000001669a <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+314>: movb $0x0,0xc(%rdi) > > > > > 0x000000000001669e <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+318>: movb $0x0,0xf(%rdi) > > > > > 0x00000000000166a2 <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+322>: movb $0x0,0x12(%rdi) > > > > > 0x00000000000166a6 <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+326>: movb $0x0,0x15(%rdi) > > > > > > > > This equals to below code in ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(). "info" is > > > > %rdi, which is 0x38. That matches NULL pointer dereference at 0x41 in > > > > your oops header. > > > > > > > > for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) > > > > info->status.rates[i].count = 0; > > > > > > > > I guess there is a race for txq->q.read_ptr somewhere. Haven't checked > > > > though. > > > > > > OK. 3945 updated write_ptr without regard to read_ptr on the Tx path. > > > This messes up our TFD on high load. The patch should fix your problem. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c > > > index 994db4a..b31b34c 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c > > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c > > > @@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ static int iwl3945_tx_skb(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb) > > > txq = &priv->txq[txq_id]; > > > q = &txq->q; > > > > > > + if ((iwl_queue_space(q) < q->high_mark)) > > > + goto drop; > > > + > > > spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags); > > > > > > idx = get_cmd_index(q, q->write_ptr, 0); > > > > > > > Few days ago, I had an idea to reply here that I am sure that this > problem disappeared with this patch. > > > Today I got same kernel panic _with_ the patch applied.... Looks like (all of) the root causes are still not found yet. The symptom is exactly the same as the previous one. One thing I found today is when txq read_ptr catches up to write_ptr (read_ptr == write_ptr), iwl_queue_used() will _always_ return TRUE! This will be a problem if the firmware sends us a wrong index (sequence), then we will fail the check in this condition. I'm not sure if firmware can really send us a wrong sequence. Can you please try this patch? Apply it on top of the previous one. If you do see the "FIRMWARE BUG" in dmesg, then I think we find the root cause. diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h index 2673e9a..02070cc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h @@ -711,7 +711,11 @@ extern void iwl_txq_ctx_stop(struct iwl_priv *priv); extern int iwl_queue_space(const struct iwl_queue *q); static inline int iwl_queue_used(const struct iwl_queue *q, int i) { - return q->write_ptr > q->read_ptr ? + if (q->write_ptr == q->read_ptr) + printk("FIRMWARE BUG: index %d is given while read_ptr is %d\n", + i, q->read_ptr); + + return q->write_ptr >= q->read_ptr ? (i >= q->read_ptr && i < q->write_ptr) : !(i < q->read_ptr && i >= q->write_ptr); } Thanks, -yi > <1>[ 3075.773505] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000041 > <1>[ 3075.773540] IP: [<ffffffffa0c175f6>] iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+0xc6/0x450 [iwl3945] > <4>[ 3075.773564] PGD 0 > <1>[ 3075.773570] Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted > <0>[ 3075.773579] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP > <0>[ 3075.773591] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.1/temp1_input > <4>[ 3075.773604] CPU 0 > <4>[ 3075.773611] Modules linked in: af_packet nfsd exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc snd_hda_codec_realtek uvcvideo videodev iwl3945 cpufreq_powersave usb_storage v4l1_compat snd_hda_intel iwlcore cpufreq_conservative joydev usb_libusual v4l2_compat_ioctl32 snd_hda_codec cpufreq_userspace mac80211 acpi_cpufreq uhci_hcd coretemp snd_hwdep cfg80211 psmouse tg3 ohci1394 video ehci_hcd snd_pcm sbp2 ac battery output usbcore libphy snd_page_alloc lirc_ene0100 ieee1394 nvidia(P) serio_raw evdev rfkill fuse lzo lzo_decompress lzo_compress > <6>[ 3075.773757] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P 2.6.32-wl #225 Aspire 5720 > <6>[ 3075.773772] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0c175f6>] [<ffffffffa0c175f6>] iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+0xc6/0x450 [iwl3945] > <6>[ 3075.773795] RSP: 0018:ffff880002203d20 EFLAGS: 00010246 > <6>[ 3075.773806] RAX: 000000000000004f RBX: ffff880065121600 RCX: 00000000000000b0 > <6>[ 3075.773820] RDX: ffffffffa0c1f220 RSI: ffff88004f42e008 RDI: 0000000000000038 > <6>[ 3075.773834] RBP: ffff880002203d90 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000100 > <6>[ 3075.773847] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000046 R12: 00000000000000a0 > <6>[ 3075.773861] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 00000000000000b0 R15: 0000000000020201 > <6>[ 3075.773875] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880002200000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > <6>[ 3075.773891] CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b > <6>[ 3075.773903] CR2: 0000000000000041 CR3: 0000000001001000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 > <6>[ 3075.773917] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > <6>[ 3075.773930] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > <4>[ 3075.773945] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo ffffffff815b8000, task ffffffff815bcb60) > <0>[ 3075.773959] Stack: > <4>[ 3075.773964] ffff880065122070 0000000000000046 ffff880002203d40 0000000000000046 > <4>[ 3075.773981] <0> 0000000000000282 0000000000000282 0000000000000282 ffff880065122010 > <4>[ 3075.774000] <0> ffff880002203d70 ffff880065121600 ffff880065122eb0 ffff88004f42e000 > <0>[ 3075.774020] Call Trace: > <0>[ 3075.774026] <IRQ> > <4>[ 3075.774037] [<ffffffffa0c0acf7>] iwl3945_irq_tasklet+0x657/0x1740 [iwl3945] > <4>[ 3075.774060] [<ffffffffa09b883e>] ? iwl_isr_legacy+0x3e/0x600 [iwlcore] > <4>[ 3075.774077] [<ffffffff81053f86>] tasklet_action+0x106/0x110 > <4>[ 3075.774090] [<ffffffff810556a4>] __do_softirq+0x114/0x2c0 > <4>[ 3075.774103] [<ffffffff8109eb68>] ? handle_edge_irq+0x78/0x160 > <4>[ 3075.774117] [<ffffffff8100d25c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 > <4>[ 3075.774128] [<ffffffff8100f1fd>] do_softirq+0x7d/0xb0 > <4>[ 3075.774140] [<ffffffff81055155>] irq_exit+0x95/0xa0 > <4>[ 3075.774152] [<ffffffff814031fc>] do_IRQ+0x7c/0xf0 > <4>[ 3075.774165] [<ffffffff8100ca13>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xf > <0>[ 3075.774175] <EOI> > <4>[ 3075.774183] [<ffffffff8129996a>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x275/0x2aa > <4>[ 3075.774196] [<ffffffff81299974>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x27f/0x2aa > <4>[ 3075.774209] [<ffffffff8129996a>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x275/0x2aa > <4>[ 3075.774224] [<ffffffff8132996f>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x9f/0x160 > <4>[ 3075.774237] [<ffffffff8100b1df>] ? cpu_idle+0xaf/0x110 > <4>[ 3075.774250] [<ffffffff813eca3a>] ? rest_init+0x7a/0x80 > <4>[ 3075.774264] [<ffffffff8162dd01>] ? start_kernel+0x3ac/0x3b8 > <4>[ 3075.774277] [<ffffffff8162d315>] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x125/0x129 > <4>[ 3075.774291] [<ffffffff8162d3fd>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xe4/0xeb > <0>[ 3075.774302] Code: 00 41 39 ce 0f 8d e3 01 00 00 48 8b 47 40 48 63 d2 48 69 d2 98 00 00 00 4c 8b 04 02 48 c7 c2 20 f2 c1 a0 49 8d 78 38 49 8d 40 4f <c6> 47 09 00 c6 47 0c 00 c6 47 0f 00 c6 47 12 00 c6 47 15 00 49 > <1>[ 3075.774394] RIP [<ffffffffa0c175f6>] iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+0xc6/0x450 [iwl3945] > <4>[ 3075.774412] RSP <ffff880002203d20> > <0>[ 3075.774420] CR2: 0000000000000041 > <4>[ 3075.774429] ---[ end trace 7ea524291c193896 ]--- > <0>[ 3075.774439] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt > <4>[ 3075.774451] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P D 2.6.32-wl #225 > <4>[ 3075.774463] Call Trace: > <4>[ 3075.774469] <IRQ> [<ffffffff813fe515>] panic+0x82/0x13f > <4>[ 3075.774486] [<ffffffff81010a52>] oops_end+0xe2/0xf0 > <4>[ 3075.774497] [<ffffffff81031382>] no_context+0xf2/0x260 > <4>[ 3075.774509] [<ffffffff81031615>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x125/0x1e0 > <4>[ 3075.774523] [<ffffffff810316e3>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0x13/0x20 > <4>[ 3075.774536] [<ffffffff81031aca>] do_page_fault+0x26a/0x320 > <4>[ 3075.774549] [<ffffffff81402dcf>] page_fault+0x1f/0x30 > <4>[ 3075.774564] [<ffffffffa0c175f6>] ? iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+0xc6/0x450 [iwl3945] > <4>[ 3075.774581] [<ffffffffa0c0acf7>] iwl3945_irq_tasklet+0x657/0x1740 [iwl3945] > <4>[ 3075.774602] [<ffffffffa09b883e>] ? iwl_isr_legacy+0x3e/0x600 [iwlcore] > <4>[ 3075.774616] [<ffffffff81053f86>] tasklet_action+0x106/0x110 > <4>[ 3075.774628] [<ffffffff810556a4>] __do_softirq+0x114/0x2c0 > <4>[ 3075.774640] [<ffffffff8109eb68>] ? handle_edge_irq+0x78/0x160 > <4>[ 3075.774653] [<ffffffff8100d25c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 > <4>[ 3075.774665] [<ffffffff8100f1fd>] do_softirq+0x7d/0xb0 > <4>[ 3075.774676] [<ffffffff81055155>] irq_exit+0x95/0xa0 > <4>[ 3075.774687] [<ffffffff814031fc>] do_IRQ+0x7c/0xf0 > <4>[ 3075.774698] [<ffffffff8100ca13>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xf > <4>[ 3075.774708] <EOI> [<ffffffff8129996a>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x275/0x2aa > <4>[ 3075.774726] [<ffffffff81299974>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x27f/0x2aa > <4>[ 3075.774739] [<ffffffff8129996a>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x275/0x2aa > <4>[ 3075.774752] [<ffffffff8132996f>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x9f/0x160 > <4>[ 3075.774765] [<ffffffff8100b1df>] ? cpu_idle+0xaf/0x110 > <4>[ 3075.774777] [<ffffffff813eca3a>] ? rest_init+0x7a/0x80 > <4>[ 3075.774789] [<ffffffff8162dd01>] ? start_kernel+0x3ac/0x3b8 > <4>[ 3075.774802] [<ffffffff8162d315>] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x125/0x129 > <4>[ 3075.774816] [<ffffffff8162d3fd>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xe4/0xeb > <0>[ 3075.774845] Rebooting in 10 seconds.. > > > > (gdb) info line *iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+0xc6 > Line 483 of "/home/maxim/software/kernel/linux-2.6/include/net/mac80211.h" > starts at address 0x16626 <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+198> and ends at 0x1663a <iwl3945_rx_reply_tx+218>. > > > (gdb) list * 0x16626 > 0x16626 is in iwl3945_rx_reply_tx (/home/maxim/software/kernel/linux-2.6/include/net/mac80211.h:483). > 478 BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.rates) != > 479 offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, driver_rates)); > 480 BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.rates) != 8); > 481 /* clear the rate counts */ > 482 for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) > 483 info->status.rates[i].count = 0; > 484 > 485 BUILD_BUG_ON( > 486 offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ampdu_ack_len) != 23); > 487 memset(&info->status.ampdu_ack_len, 0, > > > > Kernel is the dbb6e436ef8e1713258bf1218d09e927d8de3590 > (wireless: update old static regulatory domain rules) > > Plus few patches that only one that touches wireless is: > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c > index 2a28a1f..a36de73 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c > @@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ static int iwl3945_tx_skb(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb) > txq = &priv->txq[txq_id]; > q = &txq->q; > > + if ((iwl_queue_space(q) < q->high_mark)) > + goto drop; > + > spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags); > > idx = get_cmd_index(q, q->write_ptr, 0); > > > > Best regards, > Maxim Levitsky > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html